Valdosta High School - Sandspur Yearbook (Valdosta, GA)

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 Letters, reports, trips! I wonder if we’ll get through this agenda tonight! speculates Mr. W. G. Nunn, superintendent of the Valdosta Gty Schools. Time: 6:30 p.m. Place: a school lunchroom some- where in Valdosta. Characters: nine Valdosta citi- zens. This is the setting for a performance which has been running for at least half a century and which is still presented every month. Inspired by the play’s title—Board Advise Super- intendent—the cast, members of the board of edu- cation, sometimes switch roles by serving on dif- ferent committees. And each performance has a slight- ly different plotline determined by the agenda: school problems such as school secretaries’ salaries, PTA speakers, finances for district honors programs, and letters to heads of various institutions; additions; and activities. This year one major decision has concerned the building of new stands at Cleveland Field, but the main plot as always has concerned the fates of hun- dreds of students in the city schools. 18

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 Look a here, you're not on the list, MRS. THOMAS. Mrs. L. P. Thomas, secretary to the principal, checks her notebook to see if Richard Cowart can leave school. Labeling books is one of Mrs. Mathis’ duties as librarian. While arranging magazines in the periodical room, Nancy Nix and Candy Beck, seniors, catch up on school gossip. 17

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BOARD ADVISES SUPERINTENDENT Mr. Newbern, chairman, and Mr. Reuben Yancy, treasurer of the Board of Education, discuss financial matters as Mr. Yancy writes checks. DR. ROBERT QUATTLEBAUM 19